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A closer look at China’s food industry

China has more than a billion mouths to feed. This means that food production is done at industrial levels. Seeing that production up close is impressive and scary. Can production on this scale be sustainable? And is it safe?

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A worker carries and inspects lettuce plants growing under artificial lights and in a liquid solution at China's first computer-controlled greenhouse seedling factory located on the outskirts of Beijing /REUTERS